Repentance is not self-regarding, but God-regarding. It is not self-loathing, but God-loving.
Fulton J. Sheen
And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.
Acts 13:52
The New International Version
A cold, self-righteous prig who goes regularly to Church, may be far nearer to hell than a prostitute. But, of course, it is better to be neither.
C. S. Lewis
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The baptism of the Holy Spirit, or regeneration, occurs when the sinner abandons himself wholly to Christ, in mind, heart, will, thus appropriating Christ’s imputed righteousness, and when, upon that surrender of the sinner to him, Christ imparts to the sinner the life of God, changing him from a carnal to a spiritual creature.
J. C. Massee
I give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise; I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word. On the day I called, you answered me; my strength of soul you increased.
Psalm 138:1-3
The English Standard Version
A spirit of thankfulness is one of the most distinctive marks of a Christian whose heart is attuned to the Lord. Thank God in the midst of trials and every persecution.
Billy Graham
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If we follow the voice of God, we shall be brought on step by step into a new world, of which before we had no idea.
John Henry Newman
The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. ‘The LORD is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘therefore I will hope in him.’
Lamentations 3:22-24
The New Revised Standard Version
The Holy Spirit is our harpist,
And all strings
Which are touched in Love
Must sound.
Mechthild of Magdeburg
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Prayer is when you talk to God; meditation is when you listen to God.
Diana Robinson
For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.
2 Timothy 1:7
The New International Version
The greatest wealth is contentment with a little.
Unknown
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O Lord, remember not only the men and women of goodwill but also those of ill will. But do not remember the suffering they have inflicted upon us; remember the fruits we brought thanks to this suffering, our comradeship, our loyalty, our humility, the courage, the generosity, the greatness of heart which has grown out of this; and when they have come to judgment, let all the fruits of that we have borne be their forgiveness.
Prayer of an unknown woman, found on a piece of wrapping paper in Ravensbrück concentration camp
“Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord Almighty—you will succeed because of my Spirit, though you are few and weak.”
Zechariah 4:6
The Living Bible
I neglect God and his angels for the noise of a fly, for the rattling of a coach, for the whining of a door.
John Donne
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Most Christians understand that salvation comes by faith, apart from feelings. But they think that the Spirit-controlled life requires some type of mystical experience—a feeling, a surge of power, or being overcome by waves of love. Those experiences are usually not around when you need them. What you need is spiritual power, independent of feelings, experiences, or circumstances. That comes when we give each day to God and anticipate his blessing.
Erwin W. Lutzer
Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers.
Psalm 1:1-3
The New International Version
The greatest competitor of devotion to Jesus is service for him.
Oswald Chambers
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Ministers are not professional holy men or women, but representatives of the people of God. They are samples of what it means to open up one’s heart to Christ, and let his work be done within one’s life. Ministers are examples of God’s work in progress—not the finished products.
Colbert S. Cartwright
“But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
Acts 1:8
The New King James Version
If you find yourself wearing a spirit of heaviness, replace it with a garment of praise.
Unknown
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Do not want things to turn out as they seem best to you, but as God pleases. Then you will be free from confusion, and thankful in prayer.
The Desert Fathers
And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, in the law and in the commandment, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart. So he prospered.
2 Chronicles 31:21
The New King James Version
The Holy Spirit can fill your heart with a single word.
Martin Luther
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Perfect blessedness, which consists in a vision of God.
Thomas Aquinas
“The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.”
John 6:63
The New International Version
Leave tomorrow’s trouble to tomorrow’s strength; tomorrow’s work to tomorrow’s time; tomorrow’s trial to tomorrow’s grace and to tomorrow’s God.
Unknown
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As the prudent vintager eats only ripe grapes, and gathers not those which are green, so the eyes of a wise man rests only upon the virtue in others; whereas the eyes of the fool seeks only to discover in his neighbor vices and defects.
John Climacus
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
1 Corinthians 12:4-7
The English Standard Version
God could not have chosen anyone less qualified, or more of a sinner, than myself. And so, for this wonderful work He intends to perform through us, He selected me—for God always chooses the weak and the absurd, and those who count for nothing.
Francis of Assisi
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